RPC II, 630

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 630
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙ-ΚΑΙ ΠΡ ΒΙ (in field)
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀνθυπάτου Νεικαι(εῖς) πρῶτοι Βι(θυνίας)
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul, the Nicaeans first of Bithynia
Reverse design Dionysus seated, left holding cantharus and thyrsus, on elephant chariot, left
Metal brass
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.46 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rec 51, Stumpf 383
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Abbreviation on rev. stands for Νεικαιεῖς πρῶτοι Βιθυνίας, as is found fully on coins of Domitian (cf. RPC I, 2042).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0111.1 Weber 4899 = KM p. 9, no1 = Rec pl. LXVII.6
2 2     G Hunter 5, rev. illustrated = SNG 1073
3 3     Müller 18, 23-25 Sept. 1976, lot 286
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1016 (ex Gorny & Mosch 237, 7–8 Mar. 2016, lot 1653)